tentaculen.
/ˈtɛntəkjuːl/ Zoology.
= tentacle n. Also in combinations as tentacule-like adj.
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feeler1665
tentaculum1752
tentacle1764
feel horn1770
tactor1817
antennule1826
tentacule1835
1835–6 Todd's Cycl. Anat. & Physiol. I. 37/1 Very extensile tentacule-like cirri.
1851 G. F. Richardson Geol. (1855) viii. 216 The mouth..is surrounded with numerous filaments or tentacules..furnished with vibratile cilia.
?1870 P. M. Duncan Transformations Insects iv. 77 If it be touched it suddenly pokes out a spotted tentacule from behind the head and the first segment of the body.
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